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Man killed in Saturday’s Midtown shooting identified – Reno Gazette Journal

Man killed in Saturday’s Midtown shooting identified – Reno Gazette Journal

The Washoe County Regional Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the man shot Saturday at Shea’s Tavern in Midtown as Andrei Kucher, 36.

Three other people were wounded, one critically, in the shooting that happened shortly after midnight in the 700 block of South Virginia Street at St. Lawrence Avenue.

According to the medical examiner, Kucher died of a gunshot wound to the head.

A man and woman were also hospitalized after the shooting and were in stable condition Saturday afternoon. Another man is in critical condition, police said.

John Paul Seger, 42, was arrested Saturday afternoon by Reno SWAT and other law enforcement in the 400 block of Cedar Street in connection with the shooting.

He faces several charges including open murder, carrying a concealed weapon, possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and three counts of assault with a deadly weapon.

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